Despite its size and physiological importance, the human colon is one of the least
understood organs of the body. Many disorders arise from suspected abnormalities in …

Background and Aims: Small bowel manometry is increasingly used in the clinical
investigation of patients with symptoms of intestinal motor dysfunction. Enteric dysmotility …

Colonic motor abnormalities are implicated in several gastrointestinal disorders including
constipation, irritable bowel syndrome and functional diarrhoea. Defining the colonic …

To understand the abnormalities that underpin functional gut disorders we must first gain
insight into the normal patterns of gut motility. While detailed information continually builds …

Motility of the gastrointestinal tract is responsible for the orderly movement of food, in an oral-
to-aboral direction, and allows for the digestion and absorption of nutrients and water, and …

The motor function of the gastrointestinal tract relies on the enteric nervous system, which
includes neurons spanning from the esophagus to the internal anal sphincter. Disorders of …

Severe gastrointestinal motility disorders with small bowel involvement continue to pose a
major clinical challenge to clinicians, particularly because of the limitations of diagnostic …

Background & Aims: The clinical spectrum of chronic intestinal dysmotility (CID) is not well
known. We determined the spectrum of motor abnormalities, underlying pathology, clinical …

Aim To validate a newly developed software prototype that automatically analyses small
bowel motility by comparing it directly with manual measurement. Material and methods …

The ability to assess the complex motor functions of the gastrointestinal tract accurately has
been of tremendous value to understanding and treating digestive diseases. Unlike other …